Thuram and Schmeichel: fathers in the stands, sons on the pitch for France-Denmark – Calcio

Thuram and Schmeichel squared in France-Denmark. There were fathers in the stands and sons on the pitch. How many times has this happened in the history of football? Lillian applauded his son Marcus, who entered the second half in place of the AC Milan player Giroud. Peter tried to push Kasper, Denmark’s goalkeeper son. He won France and the Thuram family won.

Lillian Thuram And Peter Schmeichel they had already met in a World Cup. It was 24 June 1998, France-Denmark was being played in Lyon, the third match of group C. Schmeichel on the pitch, Thuram on the bench, an unusually reserve in that France that would later win the title also thanks to two goals from the former Parma defender and Juventus in the semifinal against Croatia. Denmark had a shorter run, beaten by Brazil in the quarterfinals after a hard-fought match (3-2). Marcus, born in Parma in 1997, was just one year old. Kasper was 12 years old. And he was 6, the goalkeeper’s son, when his father won the unforgettable European ’92. Today Marcus Thuram, who ended up in Inter’s market sights, plays as a striker for Borussia Moenchengladbach and is called up by Deschamps for the national team to replace Benzema’s absence. And 36-year-old Kasper, after winning the Premier League with Leicester in 2016, stood guard at the Nice goal, not far from Monte Carlo, where Lilian Thuram exploded as a player. They embraced at the end, Lilian and Peter. It ended exactly like that time in Lyon, 24 years ago. France-Denmark 2-1.